Sentences with phrase «concocted elaborate schemes»

Telling tenant advocates he was in their corner while winking and nodding to developers as he literally concocted elaborate schemes to take their illegal kickbacks.

I just can't suspend my disbelief enough to go along with the premise that her desire to have sex, specifically with Dale, would consume her every waking moment and drive her to concoct elaborate schemes to make it happen.

Thinking outside the box, he concocts an elaborate scheme to separate gullible Evangelicals from their cash, figuring them to be a soft touch.

This is often the problem of films where the villain is omnipotent — why concoct elaborate schemes when you can do whatever you want?

He needs to make some money, and so concocts an elaborate scheme to stiff the event of its ample food concession dollars during one of the season's showcase contests.

Not exact matches

You may have concocted elaborate plans and schemes worthy of any kid's free time, or you might have even just spent that time reading or coloring if you preferred a quieter lifestyle.